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1 HOUSE BILL NO. 228
2 INTRODUCED BY B. MERCER
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4 A BILL FOR AN ACT ENTITLED: “AN ACT REVISING REQUIREMENTS FOR THE REPORTING OF ACTUAL
5 COSTS FOR LEGISLATION WITH PROJECTED FISCAL IMPACTS; MODIFYING THE REPORTING PERIOD
6 TO EVERY SIX MONTHS; REVISING REPORTING REQUIREMENTS; REPEALING A TERMINATION DATE;
7 AMENDING SECTION 5-4-208, MCA; REPEALING SECTION 6, CHAPTER 350, LAWS OF 2021; AND
8 PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE.”
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10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MONTANA:
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12 Section 5-4-208, MCA, is amended to read:
13 "5-4-208.
14 (1) Except for the general appropriations act and any bill exempted by the legislature, for each
15 bill with an estimated expenditure amount of over $1 million $500,000 from the general fund in any 1 of the 4
16 fiscal years identified in the bill's fiscal note, or as required in the bill, that is passed and approved for which a
17 fiscal note is prepared and presented to the legislature, the office of budget and program planning shall prepare
18 and present an annual a report to the legislative finance committee by October 1 of each year every February
19 and October.
20 (2) (a) The February report The report must include the following information:
21 (a)(i) the name of the bill;
22 (b)(ii) the actual expenditures incurred based on the bill as enacted for the past entire fiscal year
23 during the first 2 quarters of the preceding fiscal year, and a description of how the funds were expended; and
24 (c)(iii) a comparison to the projected costs of the bill as projected in the fiscal note for that same fiscal
25 year period of time.
26 (b) The October report must include the following information:
27 (i) the name of the bill;
28 (ii) the actual expenditures incurred based on the bill as enacted during the last 2 quarters of the ****
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1 preceding fiscal year, and a description of how the funds were expended; and
2 (iii) a comparison to the projected costs of the bill as projected in the fiscal note for that same
3 period of time.
4 (2) The report to the legislature must include bills that qualify under subsection (1) for which a
5 fiscal note was prepared which have been in effect for at least 1 fiscal year. The bill must be included in the
6 report for each year 6-month period a cost was projected in a corresponding fiscal note.
7 (3) The report must be provided in an electronic format.
8 (4) The report must also be submitted to the legislature as provided in 5-11-210. (Terminates
9 December 31, 2025--sec. 6, Ch. 350, L. 2021.)"
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11 NEW SECTION. Section 2. Section 6, Chapter 350, Laws of 2021, is repealed.
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13 NEW SECTION. Section 3. [This act] is effective June 30, 2025.
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